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Recover a software raid setup set up in 12.04 that's been removed since clean install

I installed 12.04 from the alternative install CD last year, I ungraded to 12.10 no problem and the system ran fine for 7 months. I originally setup two HDD's in a software raiding using the ...
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raid 5 name changing during reboot

I left my server running all night 'recovering' after i built a new raid 5 array using the command: mdadm --create --verbose /dev/md0 --level=5 --raid-devices=3 /dev/sd[bcd]1 My server spent all ...
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Recover mdadm raid5 from disk images

My computer just died (won't turn on) and I had some data saved across 4 raid5 disks configured with mdadm. I don't have another computer with sata controllers and want to try to recover using my ...
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Did I lose my RAID again?

A little history: 2 years ago I was really excited to find out that mdadm is so powerful that it even can reshape arrays, so you can start with a smaller array and then grow it as you need. I've ...